CSPAN3 Korea U.S. Relations January 20, 2018
State. That did not happen. The division became permanent. There is no doubt whose idea it was originally. The reason this matters is the koreans see themselves as one people, one nation and one race. And would like to be reunified, especially the elder generation of koreans who still have family in the north, some of whom have not spoken in decades. This matters because in many ways koreans hold the United States responsible for that decision. There is a latent stream of antiamericanism running through Korean Society that does not always manifest itself, but could manifest itself in a strong ...